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People come and people go, people get born and people die. So be it for
Fidonet-sysops.
 
We lost quite some names this year ... Bob Bashe ... Roger Nelson ... both were
good friends.
 
But this Christmas was special ... no Roger Nelson and his standard message of
which everybody says "Oh no, it's that time of the year again..." ... but anno
2019 it doesn't come.
 
So here it is anyway in hopes y'all become aware there's more about Fidonet
than meets the eye ...
 
From: Roger Nelson
  To: All
 
On the Twelfth Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me:
 
Twelve Drummers Drumming
 
                  .-}        .-}        .-}
                  |_|        |_|        |_|
                  (_)        (_)  __    (_) .---.
                  | \ .--.   | \.'  '.  | \/     \
                  |\_|--o )  |\_|--o  ; |\_|--o   |
                  |:| '--'   |:|'.__.'  |:|\     /
                  |:|        |:|        |:| `---`
                  |:|_       |:|_       |:|_
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
        .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.
        |M|   |E|   |R|   |R|   |Y|   |X|   |M|   |A|   |S|
        (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)   (_)
       /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\ /\Y/\
       [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX] [XXX]
        |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||
        |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||
       _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 
 
Eleven Pipers Piping
    _     _     _     _     _     _     _     _     _     _     _
  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)  ,/_)
   (")   (")   (")   (")   (")   (")   (")   (")   (")   (")   (")
   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\   /I\
  (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\) (/^\)
   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||
   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||
  _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_ _|||_
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 
 
Ten Lords A-Leaping
 
                              w              w
               w              0__           \0__
              \0__     w     /|_     w      /_
              /_     __0/  '\/ /    \0_  '\/ /    w
           '\/ /      /_       `    /_       `  __0/
               `   `\/  \,         _\ \,         /_
                w                 `           `\/  \,
               \0__      w                 w
               /_        0__       w      \0__
              _\ \,     /|_      __0/      |_
             `        `\/  \,     /_      _\ \,
                               `\/ /,    `
 
 
 
Nine Ladies Dancing
 
                                                       |~
                     ()                       ()      0` |~
             ()    _/)(\_           ()      _/)(\_      0`
           _/)(\_   /^^\    ()    _/)(\_     /""\
            /~~\   /____\ _/)(\_   /``\     /____\
           /____\          /""\   /____\   ()
                   ()     /____\         _/)(\_      ()
         |~      _/)(\_           ()      /^^\     _/)(\_
        0` |~     /``\          _/)(\_   /____\     /~~\
          0`     /____\          /~~\              /____\
                                /____\
 
 
 
Eight Maids A-Milking
 
 
          __.----.       __.----.        __.----.        __.----.___
(\(__)/)-'     (\(__)/)-'      (\(__)/)-'      (\(__)/)-'        ;--`
 `(uu)'      _  `(dd)'       _  `(gg)'       _  `(vv)'       _   |
  )  (      (|)  )  (       (|)  )  (       (|)  )  (       (|)  |
 (o  o)     8~8 (o  o)      8~8 (o  o)      8~8 (o  o)      8~8 ,/
  `--'\_    (__).`--'\_    (__).'`--'\_    (__).'`--'\_    _(__)|
       `|||~~/\||     `|||~~/\||      `|||~~/\||      `||~|| /\||
 ^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^
          __.----.       __.----.        __.----.       __.----.___
(\(__)/)-'      (\(__)/)-'     (\(__)/)-'     (\(__)/)-'        ;--`
 `(99)'       _  `(66)'      _  `(aa)'      _  `(ee)'        _  |
  )  (       (|)  )  (      (|)  )  (      (|)  )  (        (|) |
 (o  o)      8~8 (o  o)     8~8 (o  o)     8~8 (o  o)       8~8,/
  `--'\_    (__).'`--'\_    (__).`--'\_    (__).`--'\_    _(__)|
       `|||~~/\||      `|||~~/\||     `|||~~/\||     `||~|| /\||
 ^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^`^
 
 
 
Seven swans A-Swimming
 
       ___     ___     ___     ___     ___     ___     ___
      /,_ \   /,_ \   /,_ \   /,_ \   /,_ \   /,_ \   /,_ \    _,
      |/ )/   |/ )/   |/ )/   |/ )/   |/ )/   |/ )/   |/ )/   / |
        //  _/ |//  _/  //  _/  //  _/  //  _/  //  _/  //  _/  |
       / (_/   / (_/   / (_/   / (_/   / (_/   / (_/   / (_/   _)
      /   `   /   `   /   `   /   `   /   `   /   `   /   `   _/)
      \  ~=-  \  ~=-  \  ~=-  \  ~=-  \  ~=-  \  ~=-  \  ~=-   /
  ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~
 
 
 
Six Geese A-Laying
    __         __         __         __         __         __
  >(' )      >(' )      >(' )      >(' )      >(' )      >(' )
    )/   ,     )/   ,     )/   ,     )/   ,     )/   ,     )/   ,
   /(____/\   /(____/\   /(____/\   /(____/\   /(____/\   /(____/\
  /        ) /        ) /        ) /        ) /        ) /        )
  \ `  =~~/  \ `  =~~/  \ `  =~~/  \ `  =~~/  \ `  =~~/  \ `  =~~/
   `---Y-' __ `---Y-' __ `---Y-' __ `---Y-' __ `---Y-' __ `---Y-' __
      ~~' (__)   ~~' (__)   ~~' (__)   ~~' (__)   ~~' (__)   ~~' (__)
 
 
 
Five Golden Rings
 
                    .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.
                   ((_)) ((_)) ((_)) ((_)) ((_))
                    '-'   '-'   '-'   '-'   '-'
 
 
 
Four Calling Birds
 
                 ___       ___       ___       ___
                ('v')     ('v')     ('v')     ('v')
               ((   ))   ((   ))   ((   ))   ((   ))
             -/-"---"---/-"---"---/-"---"---/-"---"--
 
 
 
Three French Hens
 
                    (\  }\   (\  }\   (\  }\
                   (  \_('> (  \_('> (  \_('>
                   (__(=_)  (__(=_)  (__(=_)
                      -"=      -"=      -"=
 
 
Two Turtle Doves
                           _      _
                          <')_,/ <') ,/
                          (_==/  (_==/
                           ='-    ='-
 
 
 
And a Partridge in a Pear Tree
                            _
                           ('>
                           /))@@@@@
                          /@"@@@@@()@
                         @@()@@()@@@@
                         @@@O@@@@()@@@
                         @()@@\@@@()@@
                          @()@||@@@@@
                            @@||@@@
                              ||
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

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